A beautiful movie with a glacial pace, this is definitely NOT one for the impatient. If you can take the pace (in which case this film is VERY much recommended) you will be rewarded with lots of memorable images.

| Jan 23, 2020

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone-which ends with a vision of fragile and drifting bliss as oneiric as anything in the swamp-moss-pherics of Andrei Tarkovsky-is nothing short of a dream

| Nov 14, 2013

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 18, 2011

A gorgeous film that won't disappoint.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 8, 2008

Tsai's style is essentially written in stone at this point, and [this] hardly challenges it. [He] is as visually adept here as ever, right up to the film's peaceful final shot.

| Original Score: 53/100 | Jan 8, 2008

A subtle, slow-moving presentation of hope and responsibility that will test your patience if you are not a fan of elliptical, dreamlike narratives like those in Tsai's films.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 29, 2007

Music interlaces the action, which proceeds mostly without words, expression or, regrettably, interest.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 16, 2007

Working from a sombre palette and with little to no dialogue, Tsai crafts a dazed fantasy about companionship and its power to revivify.

| Nov 16, 2007

Spare an evening, if you feel adventurous.

| Nov 15, 2007

Directors who come up with films with "sleep" in the title shouldn't be this dull if they don't want glib comments made about them. Yes, I Don't Want To Sleep Alone is a snooze-fest.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 15, 2007

While not as erotic as other films by this director, there's a languid sensuality to the story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2007

This mostly wordless saga is striking but slight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 14, 2007

Tsai's long, static, near-wordless takes may try the patience of some, but fans will be enchanted by his new-found warmth.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 14, 2007

An enigmatic fable of longing and loneliness in present-day Kuala Lumpur.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 6, 2007

The hormones here don't rage so much as unfurl over two exquisite hours.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 14, 2007

If it is sometimes confusing sifting through the characters drifting throughthe Malaysian nights, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is nonetheless successfulin creating a mood that lingers.

| Original Score: B | Aug 26, 2007

It's a return to the dreamy style of Tsai's studies in urban alienation and social disconnection, in which feelings often are suppressed and words are rarely spoken...

| Original Score: B | Jul 26, 2007

Tsai's drama is something like a mixture of Robert Bresson and R.W. Fassbinder, as God's bedraggled souls struggle with the desires of the damned, and nobody wants to go into that good night alone.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 20, 2007

For Tsai's fans, Sleep offers many pleasures, including a heightened attention to nocturnal beauty and a gorgeous, uncharacteristic surrealism.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/6 | Jul 12, 2007

It takes some careful attention and a not insignificant amount of patience, but if you can modify your expectations accordingly, Sleep is a highly rewarding experience.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 12, 2007